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UPCOMING GUESTS

Nikesh
Arora

Nikesh Arora is the chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks.

Nikesh Arora
UPCOMING GUESTS

Scott
Kupor

Scott Kupor is the director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the first employee of Andreessen Horowitz.

Scott Kupor
UPCOMING GUESTS

Rafael
Vivas

Rafael Vivas is the vice president of growth marketing and founding team member at AppLovin.

Rafael Vivas
About David Senra

After reading 400+ biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs, David Senra has earned something unprecedented: today's most successful business leaders actively seek him out. They recognize his unique ability to connect their current challenges to centuries of entrepreneurial wisdom.

David captures the conversations that can only happen between someone who has studied the craft of building companies for nearly a decade and those who are mastering it in real time.

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Quotes

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You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.

—
Michael Ovitz
You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.
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Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”

—
Todd Graves
Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”
"

I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.

—
Brad Jacobs
I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.
"

The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.

—
Michael Dell
The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.
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I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.

—
Daniel Ek
I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.
"

You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.

—
Michael Ovitz
You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.
"

Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”

—
Todd Graves
Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”
"

I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.

—
Brad Jacobs
I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.
"

The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.

—
Michael Dell
The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.
"

I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.

—
Daniel Ek
I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.
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